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in afghanistan and the latest protests. turmoil in the muslim world over the controversial anti islamic film continues to spread with the deadly attack before that in a van a stand a suicide bomber had reportedly targeted a minibus caring for an aviation a big fish at least twelve people have been killed and we're seeing reports that there have been of those who are foreigners now an insurgent group in afghanistan claimed responsibility for that attack is b. islamiyah this is the second largest armed group there after the taliban and the spokesman said that this was in retaliation to the film that has been perceived as being very offensive to the muslim world and in neighboring pakistan neighboring turkey ghana stand in pakistan possibly changed with at least two people killed in the in the mile uncertainty in the clashes between demonstrators and police now in lebannon on tuesday the largest protest so part of the mood in the largely it has been controlled shiite territory tens of thousands of people took to the streets no
in afghanistan and the latest protests. turmoil in the muslim world over the controversial anti islamic film continues to spread with the deadly attack before that in a van a stand a suicide bomber had reportedly targeted a minibus caring for an aviation a big fish at least twelve people have been killed and we're seeing reports that there have been of those who are foreigners now an insurgent group in afghanistan claimed responsibility for that attack is b. islamiyah this is the second largest...
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no single afghan legislature in the history of afghanistan as accepted the border between afghanistan and pakistan afghanistan was the only nation in the world to vote against pakistan admittance to the united nations in one thousand nine hundred seventy one single thing the border in eight hundred ninety three the british when they ruled india created with this called the durand line they do not accept the fact that the land that once belonged to them that the british took away should belong to pakistan and this is deep down at the heart of this particular never ending war in the middle of which the united states and its soldiers continue to die over a war that one started out of against al-qaeda which is morphed into something far deeper far more complicated is an old afghan saying it's going to stand it's very easy to enter but it's very hard to leave we're not leaving by two thousand and fourteen will still be there and we'll leave it right there thank you very much for your time. it. was just. a series of used journalism with the role of foster you seem to be delving into the fac
no single afghan legislature in the history of afghanistan as accepted the border between afghanistan and pakistan afghanistan was the only nation in the world to vote against pakistan admittance to the united nations in one thousand nine hundred seventy one single thing the border in eight hundred ninety three the british when they ruled india created with this called the durand line they do not accept the fact that the land that once belonged to them that the british took away should belong...
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of fighting in afghanistan. you see the spike in fatalities, this is combat deaths, other deaths in afghanistan, military personnel, nearly 500 in 2010. at the height of the surge, 262 so far in 2012, just shy of 2,000 now, well below the more bloody, more deadly iraq war but approaching the 2000 number as the president tries to wind that down. one other point to note since we're having this conversation about the candidates for president, lot of those veterans who are coming home from iraq and afghanistan, here's where they live. the darker the state, the higher the veteran population. you see a state like virginia, state like new hampshire with a higher percentage of population of veterans in some of the battleground states, important constituency. >> dan, on the trail, in stump speeches, does the president regularly talk about afghanistan? >> well, it's never the focus of the president's stump speech unless he is talking to veterans or he's in a region that's heavy military. what you hear from the president i
of fighting in afghanistan. you see the spike in fatalities, this is combat deaths, other deaths in afghanistan, military personnel, nearly 500 in 2010. at the height of the surge, 262 so far in 2012, just shy of 2,000 now, well below the more bloody, more deadly iraq war but approaching the 2000 number as the president tries to wind that down. one other point to note since we're having this conversation about the candidates for president, lot of those veterans who are coming home from iraq and...
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military operation in afghanistan. eleven years ago america began its war on terror and today in afghanistan a u.s. war continues to be waged by current guest has a very unique perspective on what has happened and continues to take place there joining me now to talk more about this topic is journalist and author jerry van dyke mr van dyke wrote a book called captive my time as a prisoner of the taliban thank you for joining our team thank you mr van dyke as i mentioned the war on terror began some eleven years ago and u.s. troops according to president barack obama are expected to fully withdraw by the end of twenty fourteen is that a sign of victory or defeat in this so-called war on terror i don't think it's a sign of neither one i think it's a sign that the u.s. public is tired of this we initially went in for one specific reason and that was to dismantle the government of the taliban and to destroy al qaeda now people ask why are we still there how many are there under president bush in the early part of the obama
military operation in afghanistan. eleven years ago america began its war on terror and today in afghanistan a u.s. war continues to be waged by current guest has a very unique perspective on what has happened and continues to take place there joining me now to talk more about this topic is journalist and author jerry van dyke mr van dyke wrote a book called captive my time as a prisoner of the taliban thank you for joining our team thank you mr van dyke as i mentioned the war on terror began...
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ambassadors who had worked in afghanistan. the photographs were put up, but not necessarily the names of the ambassadors. how is trying to make sense of life and identify and like could not. just when i was doing that, of basil came up behind me and put his finger on ryan crocker's photograph and said, forget about the rest in he is the only starker and he makes it to my a-team. when i came back to delhi and decided to check out ryan, i discovered very quickly that he had a long and illustrious career as a americas premier specialist in the middle east. and if you look at the places that he served, it is like a who's who of places of important american interests. kuwait, syria, pakistan and iraq. i finally met him in person before he was going to pakistan. we spend half a day briefing him. everything that happened in that half day, his wit, his security, his reception, his intelligence, but that was in the description that bob had used several you go. but drive-in finished in the last years of the bush administration -- ryan f
ambassadors who had worked in afghanistan. the photographs were put up, but not necessarily the names of the ambassadors. how is trying to make sense of life and identify and like could not. just when i was doing that, of basil came up behind me and put his finger on ryan crocker's photograph and said, forget about the rest in he is the only starker and he makes it to my a-team. when i came back to delhi and decided to check out ryan, i discovered very quickly that he had a long and illustrious...
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marines on what could be their final mission to afghanistan. and boston's new contract with its unionized teachers. is it a model for other cities. those stories when the "cbs evening news" continues. >> jeff: schoolteachers in chicago are voting on a new contract that would potentially end their week-long strike. 25,000 teachers walked out of the nation's third largest school system last monday in a dispute over teacher evaluation and job security. boston schools opened on schedule this month without a strike thanks to contract talks in which both sides made compromises. michelle miller has more on the deal that could offer a lesson to other cities across the country. >> i would like you to copy this down. >> reporter: over the last 27 months english teacher seth peterson has felt angry about contract talks between his union and the boston school district. >> there were attacks in the media that seemed to be dominated by this inflammatory language describing teachers as greedy; describing teachers as lazy or obstructionist. >> reporter: but no
marines on what could be their final mission to afghanistan. and boston's new contract with its unionized teachers. is it a model for other cities. those stories when the "cbs evening news" continues. >> jeff: schoolteachers in chicago are voting on a new contract that would potentially end their week-long strike. 25,000 teachers walked out of the nation's third largest school system last monday in a dispute over teacher evaluation and job security. boston schools opened on...
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military in afghanistan. and it shows sort of inadvertently what the effect has been of the big obama troop surge in the war. in 2009, after he was inaugurated, and there was a summertime surge of violce and attas infghastan president obama took several months in 2009 to do an intensive review of american strategy in the war. you'll remember that he announced that the end of that review, at the end of 2009 in dember, that he was going to send tens of thousands more american troops into afghanistan. the idea, they said, was to t tan'me. so here's the data he was looking at in terms of what the taliban's momentum was when he made his decision to send the surge. what you're looking at there on the left is the calendar year. it's what the military in afghanistan calls enemy initiated attacks. ale s llht afghanistan all have that general sort of pattern where it peaks in the summer and drops in the winter. at's what they call the fighting season in afghanistan. looking at that, see what the overall level was. that
military in afghanistan. and it shows sort of inadvertently what the effect has been of the big obama troop surge in the war. in 2009, after he was inaugurated, and there was a summertime surge of violce and attas infghastan president obama took several months in 2009 to do an intensive review of american strategy in the war. you'll remember that he announced that the end of that review, at the end of 2009 in dember, that he was going to send tens of thousands more american troops into...
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the reality is the afghanistan cannot be successfully occupied the people of afghanistan will have to find a way of organizing their own society without foreign interference and occupation we have a right to be concerned if afghanistan is harming us we have a right to be concerned for example with those extremist terrorism going on inside afghanistan but the way that afghanistan is governed is a matter for the afghans and moreover may i say the only ever was international terrorists inside afghanistan because britain and america. in the 1980's to fight the red army on the principle that my enemy's enemy is my friend this is an absolutely futile exercise it was wrong from the start i said at the time. that the insurgency the resistance in afghanistan is winning the war it's everywhere our courts it's collecting taxes no i'm against international terrorism islamic terrorism or any other we have a right to be concerned. to go back to afghanistan but of course the law in afghanistan anymore there in syria britain and america have said next. and now a newspaper in france is putting more fu
the reality is the afghanistan cannot be successfully occupied the people of afghanistan will have to find a way of organizing their own society without foreign interference and occupation we have a right to be concerned if afghanistan is harming us we have a right to be concerned for example with those extremist terrorism going on inside afghanistan but the way that afghanistan is governed is a matter for the afghans and moreover may i say the only ever was international terrorists inside...
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medicine's take the forefront of islamic protests sweeping the world killing ten more foreigners in afghanistan for us made. the most of the rising road to the west before the summit of the sharia hardline islamist step into gear across europe drumming up rhetoric in the hopes of using the tensions for their own means we get live reaction on all of this shortly here and. also the territorial route between tokyo in beijing escalate self to chinese patrol ship briefly and to waters around disputed islands which japan considers. and deaths in u.k. prisons reached the highest level since records began with the official watch told publishing a moment statistics including shocking suicide figures. into national news and comment line from the new center here in moscow this is on t.v. the number of dead over an amateur film deriving islam is now more than fifty one weeks since protests began the nation's victims were a dozen people in kabul killed instantly when an afghan suicide bomber rammed a car full of explosives into them any bus. reporting from the region is a tease lucy covered all of with more
medicine's take the forefront of islamic protests sweeping the world killing ten more foreigners in afghanistan for us made. the most of the rising road to the west before the summit of the sharia hardline islamist step into gear across europe drumming up rhetoric in the hopes of using the tensions for their own means we get live reaction on all of this shortly here and. also the territorial route between tokyo in beijing escalate self to chinese patrol ship briefly and to waters around...
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has been fighting in afghanistan since october 2001. 11 years. as of this past wednesday, 1,994 u.s. troops have died in afghanistan. 17,619 u.s. troops have been wounded in action. how much money has the $443billion. so reports the congressional research office. question, the u.s. exit from afghanistan, slated for 2014, assumes a successful training of afghan forces to take over the security of that country. so how will this training suspension affect that exit date? clarence? >> it is going to be a -- it is obviously a problem, i don't think it is going to hold up the official exit date really, but it is something that we have had to reconfigure our troops and the way our squads now have to have somebody watching our afghan allies, afghan security force, at the same time they're looking out for the visible enemy. it is a chaotic situation in that regard. but i don't think we're going to really delay our pull-out. >> but the issue there is that the joint efforts of both the afghanis and the american forces were to train the afghanis so they coul
has been fighting in afghanistan since october 2001. 11 years. as of this past wednesday, 1,994 u.s. troops have died in afghanistan. 17,619 u.s. troops have been wounded in action. how much money has the $443billion. so reports the congressional research office. question, the u.s. exit from afghanistan, slated for 2014, assumes a successful training of afghan forces to take over the security of that country. so how will this training suspension affect that exit date? clarence? >> it is...
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the first american prisoner torture in afghanistan. people from cheney's staff people from. from wolfowitz was staff and michael hayden the head of in a say who said when the president said would you please snoop on americans violated the first well he also didn't even know the probable cause was in the third fourth amendment doesn't play right and you know when the president said look would like you to monitor americans that's the first commandment at it as they are used to be thou shall not snoop on american citizens so this is all part of a larger i mean would you call it the global chessboard this is a sort of these are people who think that the american empire should be pursued by ways you words such as afghanistan and iraq and god forbid iran that's a real real problem because the same people that are advocating war in iran are exactly the same people who escaped with impunity having advocated as in surely did for the war in iraq it's bizarre it does seem like the foreign policy strategy has not really ended since the bush administration system kind of is waving unfort
the first american prisoner torture in afghanistan. people from cheney's staff people from. from wolfowitz was staff and michael hayden the head of in a say who said when the president said would you please snoop on americans violated the first well he also didn't even know the probable cause was in the third fourth amendment doesn't play right and you know when the president said look would like you to monitor americans that's the first commandment at it as they are used to be thou shall not...
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what's it really like to serve in afghanistan? soldiers talk about life in a danger zone coming up. >>> so despite the danger, young people continue to answer the call to serve. we'll talk to one young soldier in basic training and give her a very special surprise. why do we have aflac... aflac... and major medical? major medical, boyyy, yeah! [ beatboxing ] berr, der berrp... ♪ i help pay the doctor ♪ ain't that enough for you? ♪ there's things major medical doesn't do. aflac! pays cash so we don't have to fret. [ together ] ♪ something families should get ♪ ♪ like a safety net ♪ help with food, gas and rent, so cover your back, with... ♪ a-a-a-a-a-a-a-aflac! [ male announcer ] help protect your family at aflac.com. [ beatboxing ] one try can relieve your nightly congestion without the blowing the stacking the steaming. that's the transformative power of one ingenious little breathe right. try one free at breatheright.com and open your nose instantly. feel the power of air sleep like you mean it and rise to mornin
what's it really like to serve in afghanistan? soldiers talk about life in a danger zone coming up. >>> so despite the danger, young people continue to answer the call to serve. we'll talk to one young soldier in basic training and give her a very special surprise. why do we have aflac... aflac... and major medical? major medical, boyyy, yeah! [ beatboxing ] berr, der berrp... ♪ i help pay the doctor ♪ ain't that enough for you? ♪ there's things major medical doesn't do. aflac!...
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in afghanistan we do know. the same adversaries that ran at country in the 90's want it back, and they are committed, they are resilient, they are tough, they are smart. after all, we get killed all of the slow and stupid ones. and in my judgment, the taliban come al qaeda linkage posts bin laden while there might be some taliban that have a different view it's still pretty solid. the taliban get back and stand by for al qaeda. they may be weak, but afghanistan as the field of choice in the world that yemen can never be for reasons that those of you that no yemen will understand, you will never get homogenous whatsoever in the world better now that the desirability of having al qaeda as members. it was different in afghanistan and it could be different again. so i would conclude really long after i should have what kind of future. and afghanistan that is good enough to maintain stability in a precarious region. with security forces good enough, not to eliminate every security threat, but to be the force of the
in afghanistan we do know. the same adversaries that ran at country in the 90's want it back, and they are committed, they are resilient, they are tough, they are smart. after all, we get killed all of the slow and stupid ones. and in my judgment, the taliban come al qaeda linkage posts bin laden while there might be some taliban that have a different view it's still pretty solid. the taliban get back and stand by for al qaeda. they may be weak, but afghanistan as the field of choice in the...
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in afghanistan, we do know. the same adversaries are in that country as in the 1990's and they want it back. they are committed, brazilian, they are tough, smart. -- resilient, they are tough, smart. after all, we have killed all of the stupid ones. in my judgment, taliban and how can a linkage, mother might be some who have a different view, still pretty solid. tell them get back, stand by for al qaeda. they might be weakened, but afghanistan is the field of choice come in a way that yemen can never be, for reasons that both of you who know yemen will understand. you will never get a homogenous in many view on anything whatsoever in the world, let alone the desire billet-doux have al qaeda as neighbors. it with different in afghanistan and it could be different again. i would conclude be, for, reallg after i should have. what kind of future in afghanistan that is good enough to maintain stability in a precarious region, with security forces good enough not to eliminate every security threat, but to be the force
in afghanistan, we do know. the same adversaries are in that country as in the 1990's and they want it back. they are committed, brazilian, they are tough, smart. -- resilient, they are tough, smart. after all, we have killed all of the stupid ones. in my judgment, taliban and how can a linkage, mother might be some who have a different view, still pretty solid. tell them get back, stand by for al qaeda. they might be weakened, but afghanistan is the field of choice come in a way that yemen can...
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in the benefit of afghanistan. the meeting grounds can stand for themselves and this is not going to work but it sounds good but as u.s. policy is just directed to help out it's on its own benefit i don't think this is going to work now you just mentioned the start of the snowballing which kind of reminds me of iraq the power handover in iraq is widely acknowledged as a borderline a failure with militants now carrying out attacks on a regular basis do you believe that any lessons have been learned there and how can they apply here in afghanistan well see a lot of people don't see this there afghanistan is a different set up then iraq iraq never had. a civil war in iraq never was never in a war for thirty years like afghanistan was there the post invasion. union has totally changed the landscape the political landscape and the ethnic lines last april of afghanistan. and the lessons learned from iraq is not going to apply to afghanistan people should really get down when there is no relevance whatsoever what afghanis
in the benefit of afghanistan. the meeting grounds can stand for themselves and this is not going to work but it sounds good but as u.s. policy is just directed to help out it's on its own benefit i don't think this is going to work now you just mentioned the start of the snowballing which kind of reminds me of iraq the power handover in iraq is widely acknowledged as a borderline a failure with militants now carrying out attacks on a regular basis do you believe that any lessons have been...
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. >>> on this sunday night, from afghanistan, at the brink. another u.s. service member killed by the afghan forces they're training, as we begin our special coverage of a region in turmoil. tonight richard engel with the latest from afghanistan. >>> plus we're on patrol with the third infantry division and ann curry on the ground in syria after a massive attack there. >>> the face-off back at home just three days before the first presidential debate. tonight inside the obama and romney debate camps. how the candidates are preparing for the showdown. >>> making the case. the supreme court begins. >>> and carmageddo 2. what happened this weekend when one of the busiest highways in the countries was shut down. how did california cope with its freeway car free? >>> good evening from the joint command headquarters of the international security assistance force in kabul. we have been traveling through this country all week trying to take measure of this war, another insider attack has left a u.s. soldier and an american civilian dead. that brings the death toll
. >>> on this sunday night, from afghanistan, at the brink. another u.s. service member killed by the afghan forces they're training, as we begin our special coverage of a region in turmoil. tonight richard engel with the latest from afghanistan. >>> plus we're on patrol with the third infantry division and ann curry on the ground in syria after a massive attack there. >>> the face-off back at home just three days before the first presidential debate. tonight inside...
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to your afghanistan question, we have said that we agreed the 2014 and where we're ended with afghanistan. but where we have taken issue is making sure that the generals on the ground get the resources throughout the entire fighting season, to keep our soldiers safe and offer counterinsurgency needs. so, we beg to differ with the president on parts of his afghanistan policy. but we support the 2014 deadline.
to your afghanistan question, we have said that we agreed the 2014 and where we're ended with afghanistan. but where we have taken issue is making sure that the generals on the ground get the resources throughout the entire fighting season, to keep our soldiers safe and offer counterinsurgency needs. so, we beg to differ with the president on parts of his afghanistan policy. but we support the 2014 deadline.
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what's it really like to serve in afghanistan? soldiers talk about life in a danger zone coming up. >>> so despite the danger, young people continue to answer the call to serve. we'll talk to one young soldier in basic training and give her a very special surprise. why do we have aflac... aflac... and major medical? major medical, boyyy, yeah! [ beatboxing ] berr, der berrp... ♪ i help pay the doctor ♪ ain't that enough for you? ♪ there's things major medical doesn't do. aflac! pays cash so we don't have to fret. [ together ] ♪ something families should get ♪ ♪ like a safety net ♪ help with food, gas and rent, so cover your back, with... ♪ a-a-a-a-a-a-a-aflac! [ male announcer ] help protect your family at aflac.com. [ beatboxing ] one try can relieve your nightly congestion without the blowing the stacking the steaming. that's the transformative power of one ingenious little breathe right. try one free at breatheright.com and open your nose instantly. feel the power of air sleep like you mean it and rise to mornin
what's it really like to serve in afghanistan? soldiers talk about life in a danger zone coming up. >>> so despite the danger, young people continue to answer the call to serve. we'll talk to one young soldier in basic training and give her a very special surprise. why do we have aflac... aflac... and major medical? major medical, boyyy, yeah! [ beatboxing ] berr, der berrp... ♪ i help pay the doctor ♪ ain't that enough for you? ♪ there's things major medical doesn't do. aflac!...
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, nor have we brought al qaeda to afghanistan. we have no link with it. >> reporter: but the new u.s. condition proved to be a sticking point. so taliban negotiators opposed the idea of opening a dialogue with the karzai administration. >> we, the islamic community of afghanistan, will talk with the united states about ending the occupation of afghanistan. it is not in the power of the kabul administration. >> reporter: taliban members decided in march this year to suspend their talks with u.s. negotiators. >> translator: from different channels, indirect approaches were there, but they were not fruitful, so we suspended the talks from our side. confidence-building measures must be taken to end fighting. i've already said that this war has been imposed on us. >> this can be a part of the package. we can reach about that. it means if they decide not to talk to the community of afghanistan, it means the opportunity to approach the islamic community will have no option except to follow the same option to resisting in order to gain th
, nor have we brought al qaeda to afghanistan. we have no link with it. >> reporter: but the new u.s. condition proved to be a sticking point. so taliban negotiators opposed the idea of opening a dialogue with the karzai administration. >> we, the islamic community of afghanistan, will talk with the united states about ending the occupation of afghanistan. it is not in the power of the kabul administration. >> reporter: taliban members decided in march this year to suspend...
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, nor have we brought al qaeda to afghanistan. we have no link with it. >> reporter: but the new u.s. condition proved to be a sticking point. the taliban's negotiators opposed the idea of opening a dialogue with the karzai administration. >> the islamic community of afghanistan will talk with the united states about ending the occupation of afghanistan. it is not in the power of the kabul administration. >> reporter: taliban members decided in march this year to suspend their talks with u.s. negotiators. >> translator: from different channels in direct approaches were there, but they were not fruitful. so we suspended the talks from our side. confidence-building measures must be taken to end fighting. i've already said that this war has been imposed on us. >> cease-fire can be a part of the package of negotiation. we can't breach that. it means if they decide not to talk about afghanistan that they are returning to the militaryoa. the islamic community will have no option except to follow the same option to resisting in order to
, nor have we brought al qaeda to afghanistan. we have no link with it. >> reporter: but the new u.s. condition proved to be a sticking point. the taliban's negotiators opposed the idea of opening a dialogue with the karzai administration. >> the islamic community of afghanistan will talk with the united states about ending the occupation of afghanistan. it is not in the power of the kabul administration. >> reporter: taliban members decided in march this year to suspend their...
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bombs in afghanistan, right? here was the rather outrageously high numbers of bos in afghanistan in 2009 when prenams ng decision about the surge. these are ieds. here's the level now. here's what we went through during the surge years. the interim years. that's 2010 and 2011. so, you know, 's possible to spin this as, oh, look, 2012 is slightly better than last ar, s igh, t? that wasn't the point. the idea was that it was supposed to get better than when we started the surge. this deadline that the president set for leaving at the end of 2014 was prefaced on the idea that the surge would have created some better environment from which it woulmake sense we could leave because things tpre rondetter. ingsfterhe sge are worse than before the surge, if things are not going to get better by the time we are set to leave, then why are we sticking with that as still being the time to leave? when the pentagon announced the end of the surge last week, when they announced the surge was over, they talked less about blunting
bombs in afghanistan, right? here was the rather outrageously high numbers of bos in afghanistan in 2009 when prenams ng decision about the surge. these are ieds. here's the level now. here's what we went through during the surge years. the interim years. that's 2010 and 2011. so, you know, 's possible to spin this as, oh, look, 2012 is slightly better than last ar, s igh, t? that wasn't the point. the idea was that it was supposed to get better than when we started the surge. this deadline...